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Forget BRICs: Skerryvore

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
Unlike the previous periods of emerging markets euphoria, a return to prosperity is unlikely to be shortened into a simple acronym as it was during the period of the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), as lines begin to blur between developed ...

North adds to investment menu

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... 10-20 ETF holdings, the portfolio provides exposure to more than 2500 underlying securities across developed and emerging markets. BlackRock uses a four-step framework to construct the portfolio, which covers strategic country and sector allocations ...

Hostplus hands Bell Asset Management $500m mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... by +2.2% per annum. Going forward, Bell expects the global small and mid-cap asset class to be less risky than emerging markets, and contends its fundamentals are better. "History demonstrates that quality does well in inflationary environments," Bell ...

Credit Suisse restructures investment bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... comprise a non-core unit (NCU), including the remainder of Prime Services and non-wealth management lending in emerging markets, and securitised products. This will be led by Louise Kitchen. It has also entered an agreement with a consortium led by Apollo ...

Australia among top 10 financially inclusive markets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... performing well in other social factors. "The Index provides a data-driven, horizontal view for developed and emerging markets to learn from each other when it comes to fostering a financially inclusive citizenry," Centre for Economics and Business Research ...

Abrdn launches active sustainable Asian ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... opportunities abrdn currently sees for investors in Asia, Jollie said. "We have been long time leaders in Asian and emerging markets investing and this heritage and level of commitment allows us to see opportunities where others can't," Jollie said. ...

First Super: Merger pressure fizzles out

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... allocation and asset class selection. "So we have not changed anything because of these tests. We are underweight emerging markets which have been net positive for members and not detracted from performance test outcomes," he says. Bargain basement As ...

Cbus expands investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2022
... construction. In this role he has lead responsibility for the portfolio construction of the global equities and emerging markets equities portfolios. Mahalingam is currently a global equities and listed property portfolio manager at MLC, a role he's ...

Australia ranks 40th for crypto spend

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... convertible currency. Chainalysis noted one trend that has only gotten stronger in the past year is the dominance of emerging markets in the index. "The World Bank categorises countries into one of four categories based on income levels and overall economic ...

NZ Super shifts $25bn to low carbon indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... NZ$57 billion fund began to roll over its indices to the MSCI World Climate Paris Aligned Index and the MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Paris Aligned Index in June, with the new benchmark taking effect on 1 July 2022. The changes apply to the fund's reference ...